FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION

You have heard that people were told in the past, ‘Do not commit murder; anyone who does will be

brought to trial.  But now I tell you whoever is angry with his brother will be brought to trial, whoever calls his brother you good-for-nothing! Will be brought before Council, and whoever call his brother worthless fool will be in danger of going to the fire of hell.  So if you are about to offer your gift to God at the altar and there you remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar, go at once and make peace with your brother and come back and offer your gift to God.   Matt. 5:21-24

We need to forgive one another and eschew anger from our hearts.

It is difficult but with the grace of God we can.

Psalm 142

THE BEAUTY OF LAUGHTER

Healing to the soul

Healing of the spirit

Healing to the body

The beauty of laughter

It gives assurance

It drives away fear

It drives away suspicion

It drives away grief

The beauty of laughter

Why don’t we laugh the more?

Laughter is the essence of our being

It is like a light that brightens our world

So when I meet you on the way

To drive away my doubts

To give me the assurance I need

To give me security

I need you to laugh.

Let it come from the heart

Let it be genuine

The beauty of laughter.

SOLEMNITY OF THE HOLY TRINITY

Go and make disciples of all nations

The eleven disciples set out for Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had arranged to meet them. When they saw him they fell down before him, though some hesitated. Jesus came up and spoke to them. He said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.’

 

Matthew 28:16-20 ©

images of the Trinity

UNITY IN CHRIST

1 Corinthians 12:3-7,12-13      In the one Spirit we were all baptized

No one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord’ unless he is under the influence of the Holy Spirit.

There is a variety of gifts but always the same Spirit; there are all sorts of service to be done, but always to the same Lord; working in all sorts of different ways in different people, it is the same God who is working in all of them. The particular way in which the Spirit is given to each person is for a good purpose.

Just as a human body, though it is made up of many parts, is a single unit because all these parts, though many, make one body, so it is with Christ. In the one Spirit we were all baptized, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as citizens, and one Spirit was given to us all to drink.

FEAST OF PENTECOST 

My God Accept my Heart

PRAYER FOR SERENITY

Come to me, all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you.

PRAYER FOR SERENITY

God grant me the Serenity to accept the things

I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and the

Wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time:

Enjoying one moment at a time.

 Accepting hardship as the pathway of peace.

Taking as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it.

Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will.

That I may be reasonably happy in this life,

 and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.

                                                                                                                  Reinhold Niebuhr

from my book on prayer  

Psalm 12 prayer for trust in God

Psalm 13 how long will you forget met

DEVOTION TO MARY SONGS IN HONOR OF MARY

MAY IS THE MONTH OF DEVOTION TO MARY

Pray the Holy Rosary.

Jesus I surrender my life to you.  I am tired of trying to control things beyond my control.  Help me to live as your disciple. 

I pray for the gift of Holy Spirit. Jesus you promise to send the Holy Spirit to be my advocate and teacher.  I await the coming of the Holy Spirit your promise.


Hail Thou Star of Ocean
Fading Still Fading
As the dewy Shades
To win my Heart